The Steadfast Tin Soldier (ballet)
| The Steadfast Tin Soldier | |
|---|---|
| Choreographer | George Balanchine |
| Music | Georges Bizet |
| Based on | "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" by Hans Christian Andersen |
| Premiere | July 30, 1975 Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
| Original ballet company | New York City Ballet |
| Design | David Mitchell |
| Created for | Patricia McBride Peter Schaufuss |
| Genre | Neoclassical ballet |
The Steadfast Tin Soldier is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Bizet's Jeux d'enfants, based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1838 fairytale of the same name of the love between a tin soldier and a paper-doll ballerina. The ballet premiered on July 30, 1975, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, with New York City Ballet's Patricia McBride and Peter Schaufuss.